Adebayor speaks on Arsenal return
While there was little to reflect on a dour stalemate with Manchester City, the reunion factor meant there would always be talking after Saturday’s match.
Former Gunners Kolo Toure and Patrick Vieira received a warm reception from Arsenal fans but Emmanuel Adebayor had none of that from the Emirates Stadium crowd.
And despite expecting a hostile atmosphere on Saturday, Adebayor has revealed he went through emotions prior to kick-off.
“When I was in the dressing room it was a little bit strange because I was about to play against those people I was with before.” Adebayor said.
“But at the end of the day, that’s football, it’s part of life – today you are my family but tomorrow I have to work for another person.”
“I enjoyed seeing them (former teammates), we had a lot of chatting before the game and I may see them again tonight.”
Once among Wenger’s troops which often proved formidable to visiting teams, Adebayor feels his side did well to earn a result at the Emirates Stadium.
“It was a good point for us because playing at Arsenal and taking a point is not easy and maybe in the second half we could have tried better but to be honest a point and clean sheet at Arsenal is a good result for us.” he said.
The 26-year-old did reiterate that lack of support from the Arsenal faithful is what forced his departure.
“I am very happy the City fans showed me a lot of love and like I have said before, that’s the reason why I left Arsenal because I was at a club where people didn’t love me anymore and it’s different at City.” Adebayor said.
what a wanker!!! Glad he had to go!!! His new hair looks like Pippi Langstrumpf lol!!!!
we never welcom hem any time he com to Emirates Stadium for me i like all former arsenal players but not Adebayor
Bellamy is nothing a cowardly sniveling sawed off little shit!!! The ref let him get way with murdera ,and RvP shold have stamped ADEcantscore the clown while he was dow as a payback!
hi
i am sorry that people feel that way about ade but i can only say for myself
that i did enjoy his playing for arsenal when he did and wished he had stayed.
on leaving , the club got a lot of money for him and i wish him well with his new club.
i fail to see why people can be so vindictive against another human being and although
i am a staunch supporter of arsenal for 60 odd years it saddens me that other fans feel this way
allan
the one thing ade didnt do is fight for the support from the fans like ebue did (i wouldnt have blamed if ebue left becoz of all dat boos to hime ) he is the role model.
The fans dont need to it,nd all the player because Adebayor shows that is mature enough cos all the former team mates try to wound him nd start laughing.lol
he spent the previous summer saying how much he loved arsenal one minute then in the very next interview how he loves ac milan … he then got his wage doubled before spending the next season acting like he’s too good for the club with half arsed efforts.
i paid money to watch this arse hole act like he couldnt be bothered in the same season he had just doubled his wage. you say you have supported arsenal for 60 years, when in you life have you seen anyone do that in a a real job?
The reason he left was the lack of money , money is his GOD he is pure S L I M E
Allan,
I would have to disagree with your statements. We lot have always cheered our former players, this season alone – Henry, Vieira, Toure can testify to that.
However with regards to Cashley and Ade. There are ways to go about leaving a club. Cashley illegally meeting with Chelsea while under contract is foul. I can understand wanting to get the best deal and feeling under appreciated but you do not flirt with our rivals especially before a big match that we had that season. Not very professional.
Ade, I think you would agree that Arsenal has been far better to Ade than Ade has been to Arsenal. He took Ade from a mid size French outfit to a world class team and on to the biggest platform. Make no mistake, he would not be pulling in the fat salary he does if it was not for Arsenal. And in return, he did not win us any trophies. He had one good season and the next one was awful. After his one great season, he openly flirted with big european clubs. What kind of professional does that? Also once we sold him off, he went about deliberately goading the arsenal fans that paid his wages while he made a name for himself. And you cannot defend the actions of a man who tried to do what he did to Van Persie, that too a former team mate.
I think you need to not be so critical of us supporters and have a look at yourself.
I am just pissed that old Viera didnt get a yellow card for a blatant foul on Alex Song!
Thot it was a poor -glad I didnt pay to watch it. Viera only showed his age – cesc would have played off the pitch. Ade didnt contribute a thing ,only his uncontrolled and twisted mind. With RVP and possibly AA next week we should be OK. Keep most of them together add three or fourand we should do well next year. Com on Mr W spend spend…forget the Economics and be the football manager we all think you are. Lawrence J Beadle
Let’s move on just as Adebayor already has!
No time for Adebayor! This is a player who got his break in football from a Togolese Gangster, who no doubt has some vested interest in his career now.
We are well rid of him, because we pay him stacks of money and he decides that the team is there for him.
The man has quit the International Team three times over money.
I have even read that Man City fans have worked out why we sold him.
I just wish Wenger would spend some of that money
If you guys kept talking about this fools called Adebayor always, that would be making him feels important. Let face the fact, our problem is not about Adebayor, this guy has moved on, the most important thing now is for our amiable club to win things next season. He is stupid, arrogant, and he had bitten the finger that fed him, so we should look at him as less important to us. We should face Wenger, because if we allow this man again he would not buy again, i said this last season that he would not buy, and he didn’t. Look at what happened to us now, we did not win nothing because we have no plan B, we did not win nothing for the past 6 years just because of Wenger’s stubborness.
Adebayor has come and gone, arsenal fooball club remains forever, we should be concern on our club now, he thought arsenal is not good enough, let wenger prove to those players that left us without the will of the club bury their head in shame by winning things, but if we did not their words would be justify.
Patrick Viera said something which touched me so hard, he said he made some mistakes when he was at arsenal, he said he should’ve gone from arsenal for Real Madrid when they came for him, why because, if you are a great player like Viera, and you won every cup without champions league that is nothing, you will look back to that, now he is old, so he thought he wasted some time with arsenal. Wenger, we are waiting for you, we want you to prove to us the arsenal fans that you are the man, Jose Mourinho did what you can not do to Barcelona, we played them they bit us. So, at the end of the season, we what you to go home relax, and bring in two plans, A and B, for next leason. I hope come end of next season, we fans can sing a song of victory. UP TO YOU MR WENGER. you had already broke my heart.
I do feel sorry for Ade.
He was greedy and a mercenary. I didn’t boo him on Saturday, it was too painful to see fans behaviour towards him.
Now he joins a very small handful of people (David Bentley is the only one whose name springs to mind) that will never be welcome at the Emirates – and all of his own making.
Arsenal is a very special place, as lots of ex-players will tell you. Many of them are invited to re-unions and do hospitality work, tv work etc. but Ade will never be amongst them.
What a wanker, the season he scored 30 odd goals for us the fans loved him there was only one song you would hear at the emirates and that was adebayor give him the ball and he will score, you no the one. At the end of that season he talked about playing for milan and he needs more money to feed his family. thats why the fans turned against him. He thinks all he has to do is kiss the shirt and all is forgotten….well we saw his true colours.
He will never be welcome at the arsenal.
Every player that leaves does so for selfish reasons….he wants more money, he believes Arsenal cannot offer him what he wants…he wants more playing time… whatever the reason But for fans to be fixated that a player beacuse he left because he wanted more money is just very moronic in my opinion. We arsenal fans pushed Ade Away!! We are in the habit of rubbishing our player to the point where they feel they are not wanted. He spent one whole season trying to regain confidence in the fans but i guess we expected him to leave so why the anger??
the truth be told we lost a very good player. in 2 seasons he scored 46 goals what else do you want. Really sad he will not be welcome at arsenal but rightly said he will be loved @ Man City
that wanker ade-pay-whore stirs up such rancor. and i agree with many above, that he brought it all upon himself.
everyone is entitled to their own opinion. but q sola, i feel your comment here a bit off. you write, ” Wenger, we are waiting for you, we want you to prove to us the arsenal fans that you are the man, Jose Mourinho did what you can not do to Barcelona, we played them they bit us. … .”
as i said, you are entitled to your opinion, but that statement makes NO sense. Wenger is regarded by virtually the entire footballing world as one of the best managers. The double? The invinceables? Third richest club in the world? One of the best grounds in the world? Every match, if not a win, is excellent football?
AW’s track record is longer than just the last 3, 4 or 10 games. Please, sir, some perspective.